This Is Why Connie Chung Disappeared From TV
Sep 26 2020
In the nineties, Connie Chung was one of the most well-known journalists in the world. She made history as the second woman and first Asian person to ever anchor the nightly news in the U.S., but, as quickly as she rose to the top, she all but disappeared.

Chung was born in Maryland to immigrant Chinese parents. As the youngest of ten children, she said her family found her decision to study the then-budding field of TV journalism surprising. She told NPR,

"For a small, diminutive-sized Chinese person who grew up in a very loud family and never spoke up in her life, it was dramatic."

After graduating from the University of Maryland, Chung landed a job as a correspondent in Washington, D.C. for the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. It was there that she proved her knack for chasing the story. She recalled an impromptu interview with President Richard Nixon during the height of the Watergate scandal, telling Watch What Happens Live,

She went on the air that night with an exclusive scoop. Chung eventually found a home at NBC in 1983, anchoring the morning show, NBC News at Sunrise. She also anchored the Nightly News on Saturdays, and served as Tom Brokaw's substitute when he couldn't make weeknight appearances.

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Workplace struggles | 1:30

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Where is she now? | 4:23

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